This webinar marks the official launch of the IAEA Fusion CONNECT platform: FUSE. The platform aims to facilitate awareness of fusion energy to the 180 IAEA member states. Topical modules are being ...

Understanding the Context

On the 30th of last month (local time), at the headquarters of Fuse Energy Technologies (Fuse), a nuclear fusion energy startup in San Leandro, U.S. The space, spanning approximately 4,000 square ... Nuclear fusion, the process that powers the Sun and stars, promises inexhaustible, emission-free power for the energy transition. Globally, both government labs and private-sector companies are racing to generate power from fusion, but despite growing momentum, progress has remained slow.

Key Insights

AI is accelerating breakthroughs in fusion energy, helping tackle challenges in plasma physics and bringing zero-carbon power closer to commercial reality. How AI will help get fusion from lab to grid by the 2030s Fusion energy is the process that powers the sun and now it can be created here on Earth. Fusion energy could revolutionise the way we produce food and drinking water and heat our homes. Fusion energy could also increase carbon sequestration and reduce carbon emissions. Fusion is the future of the global energy sector and the first fusion power plant is due to begin operations imminently.

Final Thoughts

The world’s first commercial fusion power plant should break ground in the next few years. The global race for commercial fusion is on while the fusion-powered future is just beginning. Fusion energy can provide the large amounts of reliable, emissions-free power that advanced AI systems require. In turn, AI can accelerate the design, operation and commercialization of fusion itself.